Monday, June 27, 2005

Babul Mora

One of the greatest songs ever written in Indian history is a tragic Thumri by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Awadh. This rangeela king was a very cultured gent.

"He learnt Hindustani vocal with Basit Khan, Pyar Khan and Jaffar Khan and underwent Kathak training under Thakur Prasadji and Bindadin Maharaj. Although his pen-name was Qaisar, be used the pseudonym "Akhtarpiya" for his numerous compositions. Under this pen- name, he wrote over 40 works, poems, prose and Thumris. "Diwani-Akhtar", "Husn-i-Akhtar" contain his Ghazals."

Unfortunately, he was up against the British. They exiled him to Calcutta. His tragic departure from his beloved Lucknow is lamented till this day. When he was informed about his exile, he wrote this Thumri:

The rough translation (the song can be a metaphor for a wedding as well as funeral procession)

O father, I depart forcibly from my homeFour men gathered to lift my palanquin {see the wedding/funeral analogy here?}my loved ones will become strangersthe innermost portals of my home will be unreachableas I leave my father's home and go to my husband's country.

Even when he was exiled to Bengal, he married many a woman there and enjoyed life. But his beloved Lucknow remained a dream till the end.

K. L. Saigal has, of course, given an immortal Bhairavi rendition of this song in "Street Singer" - which in my opinion is the greatest Hindi film song ever recorded. But this version is by Pt. Bhimsen Joshi. The entire song is 18 minutes long and you have to hear every second of it. [There is also an excellent version by the inimitable Smt. Girija Devi.]

Actually it is about leaving this material world behind and moving on to the new world and when hindus die they are carried by four men, Then he goes to talk about his body, one that he was so close to and thought was his ...is now parting from him. Th eonly house that he knew was that of his own body and now his soul moves on...

There are many more versions of the same thumri which are legendary. To list some of them - Kesarbai Kerkar, Kishori Amonkar, Bhimsen, Girija Devi, Latafat Hussain Khan, Jitendra Abhisheki, Shobha Gurtu and Girija Devi jugalbandi.

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